Folding camp table



W. B. PENLAN D.

FOLDING CAMP TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1921 Patented June 20, 1922.

W. B. PENLAND.

FOLDING CAMP TABLE. APPLICATION FILED JULY :3, 1921 Patented June 20, 1922.

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WILLIAM B. PENLAIID. OF VALLEJQ, CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING CA MP TABLE.

Application filed July 13.

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Be it known that I, lViLLmarB. Pnrznxwn, a citizen 01" the l mited States. residing at Vallejo, in the county of Solano, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Camp Tables; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tables and particularly to folding tables.

One object of the invention is to provide a folding table including a box, which forms a part of the table, and which, when folded, will assume the form of an ordinary elongated box.

Another object is to provide a folding table of such construction that it will be strong and durable, when in set-up position, and when in folded condition, permit packing of articles of various kinds within the box.

Another object is to provide a device of this character wherein the bottom and two adjacent side walls of the box form a tolding top for the table.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the table in setup position.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse central sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal central sectional view of the table in set-up position.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table, showing the first step in unfolding.

Figure 5 is an inverted perspective view of the table in complete set-up position.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings. 10 represents the bottom oi the box, 11 the ends. 12 the sides, and 13 the portions of the top. The sides 12 are hinged to the longer edge portions of the bottom. at 14:, while the ends are rigidly connected to the ends of the bottom. The portions of the top are hinged to the upper edge portions of the ends, as shown at 15. Secured to the side edges of the ends 11, and the side edges of the bottom 10, are the curved braces 16. i A yoke 17 is disposed at Specification of 1921. Serial No. 484,411.-

each end of thebox, and has its arms piv otally connected to th braces The bight portion of each yoke is twisted out of the plane of the arms thereof and is perforated to receive a bolt- 18 which is disposed through the intermediate portion of the ad acent top portion of the box. A pair of outwardly diverging legs 19 have their inner ends notched to receive the-bolt 18, a nut 20 being engaged on the bolt to firmly clamp the yoke and legs against the inner tace o t' the box top, to hold the same in extended position, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 5 ot'the drawings. Extending between each pair of legs is a bar 21, the ends of which are bent to embrace the legs 19, and when the table is in set-up position. this bar 21' holds the legs in properly spread position. It will be noted that, when the table is in set up posit on, the legs 19 project below the lower edges of the top portions 13, so that the said lower edge of each portion13 is elevated out of Contact with the ground or Secured to the inner face of each end 11, adjacent the side edges thereof, are the guides 22 through which are arranged to slide the brace arms 23 for the sides 12, said arms each having a notch 24 in one edge for engagement with the edge of a curved brace 16. These brace arms 23 serve to hold the sides in horizontal position, when the table is set up, and are pivotally connected to the inner Face of the sides. These sides serve as extension leaves for the table top. as auxiliary to the bottom member 10. Additional inclined braces 25 are secured to and extend between the end members 11 and. the bottom 10. Each leg acts as a brace to maintain the top portions 18 in extended position. when the table is set up.

Normally, when in completely folded position, the device is in the form of an elongated rectangular box, and'to open or extend the device to form a table, the members 13 are first lifted. the yokes swung out of the box into position to receive the bolts 18, atter which the legs 19 are engaged on the bolts and the nuts 20 applied to clamp these parts together. The entire structure is then inverted to cause the same to rest on the legs 19, after which the sides 12 are lifted and the notched ends of the braces 23 are engaged with the curved braces 16. The table is thus completely set-up for use, the ends and. top portions, together with the legs 19,

serving to support the table. The bottom 10, in connection with the sides 12, form the top of the completed table, as clearly seen in the drawings.

On the inner .tace of each end 11 are the proje ting headed pins 26 which engage inthe notches ot the brace arms 23 to hold the sides 12 in vertical position, when the derice is folded into box formation. It will be noted that when the bolts 18 are released from the yokes and the legs, the yokes are folded down into the box, while the legs are permitted to slide inwardly in the embracing ends of the members 21, so that their oute' angnlarly bent ends 19" will engage with said embracing ends to limit the in ward movement of the legs. It will also be noted. that the members or bars 21 are secured to the inner faces of. the top portions 13 in such relation to the legs and the said top portions that the legs will be properly extended to support the table and dispose their apertured inner ends for the reception of the bolts 1.8.

As the folding metal portions 01. the device will. occupy a con'lparatirely small.

space within the box, it will be seen that articles of food, or other articles, may be conveniently stored in the box, to be trans-- ported with the table.

l Vhat is claimed is:

1. A combined storage receptacle and table comprising movably connected bottom, side,

end, and top members forming the walls of a box, brace means between.- the bottom and end, loldable means between the said brace means and the top members for holding said top members in table supporting leg position, at times, and brace means between the sides and ends for holding the sides in the same plane as the bottom, at times, and in engagement with the ends, at times.

2. A. combination storage receptacle and table, comprising a box including foldable walls, the top wall. of the box being formed in two parts and being arranged to extend in the plane of the ends oi? the box at times, curved braces between the bottom and ends of the box, yokes pivotally connected. to said braces and. foldable into the box at times, and arranged to be secured to the parts of the top of the box at times, divergent legs carried by the inner faces of the said. top parts and being connectible with the holding means of the yokes, guides on the ends of the box, and supporting braces movably connected to the sides of the box and slidable through the guides into engagement with the ends of the box, at times, and into engagement with the curved braces at times.

in testimony whereof, I atlix my signa ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

lVILLL XM B. PENLAND.

\Vitnesses H. D. MOCREARY, R. F. GARDNER. 

